FabSwingers.com forum: what was your favourite Arcade game when you were a kid

By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Back when arcade games were fun and you didnt need a science degree to play the feckers..

used to love.Galaxian

Defender &

Phoenix

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Chucky Egg

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

bust a move

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

frogger and pacman bring back memories

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

none around when i was a kid

we used to play marbles, hopscotch, hide & seek etc .... but we grew up healthy... seeing a fat kid was fairly rare

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By (user no longer on site)
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over a year ago

Pac man and then it all got a bit complicated

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By *irtydanMan
over a year ago

Blackpool

space invaders

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By *unky monkeyMan
over a year ago

in the night garden

Pac-Man and Tron (no I wasn't sucked into a computer world to compete in a game of death against the odds. I mean the film tie-in)

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

OMG sega master system!!!

double dragon

sonic the hedgehog

pac man

alex kidd

okay there not arcade per se. but fun nun the less

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

Man I was the neighbourhood champ at track and field and hyper sports... Then I fell in love with racing games... Me and outrun have been in a relationship for about 25 yrs now!

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By *odareyouMan
over a year ago

not far from iceland,,,,,, tescos is nearer though :-) (near leeds)

Asteroids for me,

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Centipede

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Man I was the neighbourhood champ at track and field and hyper sports... Then I fell in love with racing games... Me and outrun have been in a relationship for about 25 yrs now!

Outrun ... almost as good as After-Burner!

How many control pads or joy sticks did you ruin playing track and field !

*wiggles laptop from side to side*

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By *lubPartyPeepsCouple
over a year ago

London

Defender

Centipede

Scramble

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Man I was the neighbourhood champ at track and field and hyper sports... Then I fell in love with racing games... Me and outrun have been in a relationship for about 25 yrs now!

Outrun ... almost as good as After-Burner!

How many control pads or joy sticks did you ruin playing track and field !

*wiggles laptop from side to side*"
IN A SPIN OFF THREAD ..how big were your blisters after playing track and field

lol

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

tekken

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By *ublimeshag_ukMan
over a year ago

Oldbury

"tekken

Hell yeah

Or turrican

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

ive still got a hand held grandstand game called "Astro Wars" and it still works too ,gotta be worth a few quid

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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago

South West London / Surrey

My brother had a spectrum 128k when we were growing up, both used to spend hours on it ( used to take forever to load a game

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Remember playing Daley Thompson's Decathlon, Chuckie Egg and Bomb Jack.

There was a dungeons and dragons type game where you had to collect different coloured keys but can't remember what that was called.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"*wiggles laptop from side to side*IN A SPIN OFF THREAD ..how big were your blisters after playing track and field

lol"

Laughing here !

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Moon Cresta

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By *ybMan
over a year ago

County Durham

Spy Hunter was my big game early 80's

especially the sit down version.

Ahh I can still here that Peter Gunn theme now.

Good post brings back some good holiday memories.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Moon Cresta

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hell yeah forgot how manty 10p's i spent trying to complete that

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

didnt play much arcade games but remember having a go on my brother spectrum ZX back when the games were on cassetes i think

console gaming was my thang. only games i remember playing in the arcade was ghosts n goblins which was so fucking hard

eventually got it on the NES and clocked it

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

We werent allowed computer games as apparently they rotted your brain.. but I used to play pacman on next doors console

cali

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Pheonix and track and field lol used to nick my sisters vibro for that one

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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago

Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria

Not an arcade game, but PONG was my first introduction to computer games....I was quite a dab hand at Pacman and Space Invaders but that was about the sum total of my gaming - much preferred to be down the beach or up the park....then when I discovered boys - well let's just say I weaned those feckers off their Ataris too

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

cant believe i forgot street fighter 2 turbo

all time greatest

and california games on the megadrive or sega master system. forget which

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By *etillanteWoman
over a year ago

" - much preferred to be down the beach or up the park....then when I discovered boys - well let's just say I weaned those feckers off their Ataris too

Still went down the beach or up the park

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

ridge racer, afterburner was decent too

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By *londeCazWoman
over a year ago

Arse End of the Universe, Cumbria

" - much preferred to be down the beach or up the park....then when I discovered boys - well let's just say I weaned those feckers off their Ataris too

Still went down the beach or up the park

The park and the sand dunes at Arse End of Universe have seen some action over the years

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By *he Happy ManMan
over a year ago

Merseyside

"Back when arcade games were fun and you didnt need a science degree to play the feckers..

used to love.Galaxian

Defender &

Phoenix"

I loved Phoenix. There was trick you could do where if you shot the aliens in a certain order you would get 200,000 points.

Outrun was a classic

Moon Cresta was a classic.

Space invaders was a classic.

Pacman was a classic.

Frogger was a classic.

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By *abioMan
over a year ago

Newcastle and Gateshead

The classics where we lived were street fighter, outrun, afterburner, and operation wolf... Then we got in "guest" games in so we could try them out..

I once played outrun in a proper rigged up Ferrari testarosa... I almost cried after...

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

did any one know how to do the 2p trick to get free credits

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By *ll of a QuiverCouple
over a year ago

Douglas

More than a few great arcade games already mentioned. I spent far too much time and money in arcades as a kid so picking a favourite game is impossible.

Loved all these though.

Hang on

Chase HQ

Outrun

Space Harrier

Track & Field

Pac man

R-Type

Mortal Kombat

Double Dragon

There is more, just cant think of them at the min.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"More than a few great arcade games already mentioned. I spent far too much time and money in arcades as a kid so picking a favourite game is impossible.

Loved all these though.

Hang on

Chase HQ

Outrun

Space Harrier

Track & Field

Pac man

R-Type

Mortal Kombat

Double Dragon

There is more, just cant think of them at the min.

r-type

double dragon = fucking EPIC retro gaming

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

double dragon, esp when you fought the bigger guys at the end of each level

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

Donkey Kong

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By *ll of a QuiverCouple
over a year ago

Douglas

"More than a few great arcade games already mentioned. I spent far too much time and money in arcades as a kid so picking a favourite game is impossible.

Loved all these though.

Hang on

Chase HQ

Outrun

Space Harrier

Track & Field

Pac man

R-Type

Mortal Kombat

Double Dragon

There is more, just cant think of them at the min.

r-type

double dragon = fucking EPIC retro gaming

Glad someone else knows R-Type

A few other faves were

Dragons Lair

Mr Do

Rainbow Islands

Rolling Thunder

New Zealand Story

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

streets of rage and final fight

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Rainbow islands /Parasol Stars

not sure if they count as arcade games, i used to play them on my dads Amiga Commodore

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

love most of the games mentioned and still have a a old sega

the game i remember from the atari is moon patrol

used to love that play it for hours

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By *he Happy ManMan
over a year ago

Merseyside

"did any one know how to do the 2p trick to get free credits

What was that one?

I know one where you would take the electric igniter bit from a cigarette lighter. You would use that to spark the metal plate on the arcade machine machine. Obviously making sure you was not touching the machine as you sparked it. The machine would then go haywire for a while and then give you loads of free credits.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Asteriod.

I thought it was the most amazing thing in the world.... or beyond.

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"Man I was the neighbourhood champ at track and field and hyper sports... Then I fell in love with racing games... Me and outrun have been in a relationship for about 25 yrs now!

Was Outrun the driving game that started with a voice-over stating: "Let's GOOO Mr Driver!"

I did like that one... but wasn't a kid by the time things got that sophisticated!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Street Fighter II

'Go home and be a family man'

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Operation Wolf was awesome

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

golden axe

double dragon was amazing too lol x

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By *ovedupstillCouple
over a year ago

mullinwire

easiest question ever asked on here.

star wars, the whole sit in one thats meant to be like a x-wing fighter.

superb game

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

how could i forget golden axe!!!

EPIC

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By *ovedupstillCouple
over a year ago

mullinwire

"Man I was the neighbourhood champ at track and field and hyper sports... Then I fell in love with racing games... Me and outrun have been in a relationship for about 25 yrs now!

Outrun ... almost as good as After-Burner!

How many control pads or joy sticks did you ruin playing track and field !

*wiggles laptop from side to side*IN A SPIN OFF THREAD ..how big were your blisters after playing track and field

lol"

nevermind blisters, that was the LAST time people didnt look at you funny for having one arm more muscular than the other lol

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By *ovedupstillCouple
over a year ago

mullinwire

"My brother had a spectrum 128k when we were growing up, both used to spend hours on it ( used to take forever to load a game

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Remember playing Daley Thompson's Decathlon, Chuckie Egg and Bomb Jack.

There was a dungeons and dragons type game where you had to collect different coloured keys but can't remember what that was called.

was that not called GAUNTLET?

loved playing night gunner on the speccy (rear gunner in a superfortress bomber.) awesome!

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By *nebig1ivorMan
over a year ago

Reading

Outrun

Streets of Rage

Paperboy

Teenage mutant ninja turtles (4 player mode at the arcade)

Rollerball ?? Think it was called that.

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By *bi_scotlandTV/TS
over a year ago

Glasgow

I kicked ass in Double Dragon

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"did any one know how to do the 2p trick to get free credits

that worked on defender....you flicked the 2p up via the refund slot

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

pin ball! yeah! still is.

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By *atisfy janeWoman
over a year ago

Torquay

What the butler saw.....

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

"What the butler saw....."

in the drawing room with the pipe?

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By *ublimeshag_ukMan
over a year ago

Oldbury

Lotus esprit challenge or that xj220 one

Chikachikaaaa!!!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Chase HQ and Outrun... what can i say, i love cars

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"did any one know how to do the 2p trick to get free credits

that worked on defender....you flicked the 2p up via the refund slot

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thats the one lol worked on pac man and phoenix too

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By *ich_shadiwMan
over a year ago

closeish

Wow this has brought some memories back.

In the arcades loved operation wolf,outrun,spy catcher, starwas xwing.

And the spectrum ones too after they had loaded up or did load up after the trippy noise and multicoloured acid screen as they loaded up for an hour.

Chucky egg 2,manic minor all the key board bashing sports ones.

Still play some of them now online on emulator sites.

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By (user no longer on site) OP
over a year ago

"Wow this has brought some memories back.

In the arcades loved operation wolf,outrun,spy catcher, starwas xwing.

And the spectrum ones too after they had loaded up or did load up after the trippy noise and multicoloured acid screen as they loaded up for an hour.

Chucky egg 2,manic minor all the key board bashing sports ones.

Still play some of them now online on emulator sites. "
lol yeah sounded like a Fax machine on drugs

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By *hoco DMan
over a year ago

Clapham

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By *hoco DMan
over a year ago

Clapham

"My brother had a spectrum 128k when we were growing up, both used to spend hours on it ( used to take forever to load a game

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Remember playing Daley Thompson's Decathlon, Chuckie Egg and Bomb Jack.

There was a dungeons and dragons type game where you had to collect different coloured keys but can't remember what that was called.

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Think the name of the game your talking about is called gauntlet or gauntlet 2........ I always be at me mates house play that game......... But my all time favourite has to be street fighter 2..... Did you know that alot of these retro games you can get on the ipad....... Still play street fighter 2 on my way to work

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Bombjack

Bobble Bobble

Track n Field

Wonderboy

Shinobi

Street fighter

Pac-land

Out Run

Micheal Jackson's Moonwalker

WWF

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Best arcade game I ever played was Fighting Mania. It was based on the Fist of the North Star and it was all kinds of awesome

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By *ENDAROOSCouple
over a year ago

South West London / Surrey

"My brother had a spectrum 128k when we were growing up, both used to spend hours on it ( used to take forever to load a game

)

Remember playing Daley Thompson's Decathlon, Chuckie Egg and Bomb Jack.

There was a dungeons and dragons type game where you had to collect different coloured keys but can't remember what that was called.

Think the name of the game your talking about is called gauntlet or gauntlet 2........ I always be at me mates house play that game......... "

Yes that's the one....loved that game!

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By (user no longer on site)
over a year ago

Galaxian and Phoenix for me too

Got galaxian on phone and iPad although instilled shit at it! Lol. Not found Phoenix yet though

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